68-69 B body info needed...

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Would a 69 roadrunner have something in the VIN code to identify it clearly? Would it definitely have a Dana 60 or 8 3/4?..
 
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I believe the vin starts with RM for 69 Roadrunner designation.
Thats it. Being a 69 it will have the vin on block and trans IF original. Yea right!
Will have some vin on what radiator support, under seal of truck at gutter.
I had a MOpar bud decades ago, called and said he had a 69RR for me. It was bought new and been in that county its whole life. Had the original engine!!!!!
He also told me he knew every single person that had owned it those 25-30 years , and he knew it had gone thru 6-7 motors ( atleast) ,just happened the last time it was united with its original block!!! LOL
 
Would a 69 roadrunner have something in the VIN code to identify it clearly? Would it definitely have a Dana 60 or 8 3/4?..
8.75 if 383 car. However, 318 and /6 cars can also come with 8.75. I don't think you'll find a 383 with a 8.25/7.25, and you'll not find a RR with at least a 383 (standard equipment). Dana 60's were pretty much 440 -6 pack/Hemi rear ends.
 
I agree it seemed the 440-6 and hemi 68-70 B bodies had danas, where I had a 70 Hemi Cuda that came with an 8 3/4. Go figure, I bet those B bodes could have been ordered with a 8 3/4.
RM will be the clue, and corresponding vin stamped on sheet metal seals the deal.
 
I don't believe a 69 RR could be had with a 7.25 or 8.25 rear end.
8.25 was not available for any model in 69
 
I don't believe a 69 RR could be had with a 7.25 or 8.25 rear end.
8.25 was not available for any model in 69
You are partially right here.
To simplify things, all cars '66 and newer factory built with an engine 440 or 440 6 pack or Hemi and a 4 speed got a Dana 60 as standard equipment. If the car was an automatic with any of these engines, then an 8 3/4 was standard and the Dana 60 was optional.
Roadrunners (RM) came standard with a 383 H.P. engine and they had an 8 3/4 rear end in them regardless if they were auto or 4 speed.
You could not get a 7 1/4 or 8 1/4 rear end in a Roadrunner.
Belvederes and Satellites were the ones equipped with those rear ends if they were small block or slant 6 powered.
And BTW, 1969 was the first year for the 8 1/4 rear end in the B-Body line up.

Some examples of cars that I or my family have owned (or still own) are:
I have 4 '69 Coronet 4 doors, (all 318 automatics) 2 of them are 8 3/4s, one is a 7 1/4, one is a 8 1/4.
One '69 Coronet 2 door that was 318 automatic and it has an 8 3/4 in it.
One '68 Coronet 4 door slant 6 3 in the tree had an 8 3/4 in it.
2 '68 Coronet 2 doors 318 autos had 8 3/4s in them.
3 '69 Super Bees 383 Magnum one auto and two 4 speeds al had an 8 3/4 in them.
One '69 Super Bee A12 440 Six Pack 4 speed had a 4:10 Dana 60 in it.
One '69 Coronet R/T 440 4 barrel 4 speed had a 3:54 Dana 60 in it.
One '68 GTX 440 4 barrel 4 speed had a 3:54 Dana 60 in it.
One '68 Satellite 2 door 318 auto had an 8 3/4 in it.
One '70 Super Bird 440 4 barrel auto had an 8 3/4 in it.
One '70 Challenger R/T 440 Six Pack auto had a 4:10 Dana 60 in it.
One '71 Challenger R/T 383 auto had an 8 3/4 in it.
One '71 Charger R/T 426 Hemi 4 speed had a 4:10 Dana 60 in it.
2 '69 Coronet R/Ts 440 4 barrel autos had 8 3/4s in them.


Most of these cars are long gone now.
This just scratches the surface, but you all get the point I hope............
 
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